Fashion
The 1980s by Call Number: Art Library, GT596 .P388 1998ISBN: 0500280762Fashion in the 1980s tended toward the functional and the formal. The typical "power dressed" woman of the period wore her shoulders wide, her skirts short, and her heels high, while sometimes colorful and relaxed men's fashions of the 1970s gave way to more conventional dressing. The year-by-year format of this book allows these developments to be shown in fascinating detail. Day and evening wear, sportswear, and accessories are included, and complete descriptions of each garment accompany the drawings. The reference section charts the evolution of fashion, and provides biographies of outstanding 1980s designers and a bibliography.
- Costume & Textile Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
An extensive collection of over 30,000 objects, from over 100 cultures covering a span of 2,000 years.
Height of Fashion by Call Number: Art Library,GT615 .H45 2000ISBN: 0967236673The Height of Fashion focuses on the charm and immediacy of snapshots and vernacular photography: a cross section of the famous and not-so-famous were asked for a photo that captured a moment when they were in the "height of fashion." The results range from the hilarious to the sublime but always intimate and original. The introduction reviews some incredible fashion moments of the last several decades and gives a peek into the psyche of those who were making fashion fabulous just by being themselves.
- London College of Fashion: Paper Patterns
A collection of paper patterns dating from the 1920s to the 21st c. Only the covers have be digitized; the patterns themselves are not visible.
Advertising
All American Ads of The 80s by Call Number: Art Library, NC998.5.A1 A67 2005ISBN: 3822838330A compendium of ads from the period.
All-American Ads of The 90s by Call Number: Art Library, NC998.5.A1 A68 2018ISBN: 9783836565677The Columbine High School massacre, Bill Clinton and the birth of the World Wide Web; Silicon Valley; Game Boy and PlayStation consoles with Super Mario, Gran Turismo, and Sonic the Hedgehog. The pornography industry grew as advertising became more explicit. Nirvana; Hummers; Gucci bags, Louis Vuitton totes, Hermes scarves, and Prada. Beanie Babies and Harry Potter engrossed the young.
Industries covered: Alcohol & tobacco; Automobiles; Business & industry; Consumer products; Digital technology & Electronics; Entertainment; Fashion; Food & beverage; Travel; Health & Beauty
- J. Walter Thompson: Advertising America
Publications, reports, research, memoranda, correspondence, meeting minutes, creative briefs, scripts, speeches, newsletters, artwork and advertisements created by this company. Documents date from the late nineteenth century with the bulk from 1945 to the late 1990s.
Magazines
Use magazines for images of contemporary clothing and hints about the broader cultural context.
American Heritage MagazineCall Number: Main Library, PeriodicalsPublication Date: Print: 1949 --- 2012Also available online from 1990 - 2012, although online editions often exclude advertising.
EsquireCall Number: Main Library, PeriodicalsPublication Date: Print: 1979 - 2003Also available online, although advertising may be excluded.
Harper's BazaarCall Number: Main Library, PeriodicalsPublication Date: 1867 - 2018 (print edition)Also available online, although online editions often exclude advertising.
Life MagazineCall Number: Main Library, PeriodicalsPublication Date: Print edition: 1936-2001Also available online through 2001, although online editions often exclude advertising.
- National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
Print: Main Library. 1959-present
Online: 1959 - three months ago
Time MagazineCall Number: Main PeriodicalsPublication Date: 1923 - the present
U.S. news & world reportCall Number: Main Library, PeriodicalsPublication Date: 1948 - 2010
Photography
Street by Call Number: Art Library, TR659.8 .B67 2017ISBN: 9781576878422The photographs in Street were taken by Carrie Boretz in New York City from the mid-1970s through the 1990s. Boretz doesn't have a philosophy about shooting other than trusting her instinct: she saw, she shot, she moved on, always looking for moments that made her heart beat faster. It was the continual rush of knowing that at any time she could come upon something real and beautiful. That is why and how she shot and why and how her Street is so special.
Public matters: San Francisco 1982-1988 by Call Number: Art Library, TR820.5 .D44 2018ISBN: 9781912339020Janet Delaney's Reagan-era photographs of mid-nineteen eighties San Francisco document a turbulent time, She leads us among demonstrators, fair-goers, cross-dressers, union organisers, beauty pageants, dancers, salesmen, mothers, kids, and market punters - documenting both intimate moments and collective voices. Delaney was there, in the middle of the maelstrom, making pictures of public matters." --Publisher's website
Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace by ISBN: 9781783203529It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others, new romantics, new wavers, the bats, or the morbids. "Goth" did not gain lexical currency until the late 1980s. But no matter what term was used, "postpunk" encompasses all the incarnations of the 1980s alternative movement. Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace is a visual and oral history of the first decade of the scene. Featuring interviews with both the performers and the audience to capture the community on and off stage, the book places personal snapshots alongside professional photography to reveal a unique range of fashions, bands, and scenes.
Jack Pierson: the Hungry Years by Call Number: Art Library, TR654 .P4944 2017ISBN: 9788862085625The Hungry Years collects the early photographs taken by Pierson throughout the 1980s, which, since they were first editioned in 1990, have increasingly captured the attention of the art world. Informed in part by his artistic emergence in the era of AIDS. Sometimes infused with a sly sense of humor, Pierson's work is inherently autobiographical; often using his friends as his models and referencing traditional Americana motifs.
